Sound box support and used needle receptacle



Feb.. 2? 319325 A. wmmmm gc SOUND BOX SUPPORT AND USED NEEDLE RECEPTAGLE Filed Feb. 21, 1929 Patented Feb. 2, 1932 Nrrso STATES ALFRED WEILAND, OF NESHANIC, NEW JERSEY,

T0 RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.,-

DELAWARE ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

A CORPORATION OF- SOUND BOX SUPPORT AND 'USED NEEDLE RECEPTACLE ipplication filed lcbruary lll, i323. erial No. 341,59@

My invention relates to a member or receptacle utilizable as a support for a sound reproducing device and/or a container or passage for the reception ol used or worn talking machine or phonograph needles.

ln accordance with my invention, a' member of resilient material forms a support i'or a talking machine or phonograph sound reproducing device when it is moved from a position above the record supporting turn table; more particularly, said member ot re'- silient material constitutes a receptacle tor the reception oi a part of said sound reproducing device.

Further in accordance with my invention, the aforesaid receptacle comprises a plurality of compartments, one receiving the aforesaid sound reproducing device and another receiving worn or used needles after disengagement -rom said device.

Further in accordance with my invention, the aforesaid receptacle is lormed of suitable resilient material and is detachably carried by the motor board, or equivalent, of a talking machine or phonograph.

Further in accordance with my invention, the pivoted cover of a portable talking 'machine or phonograph ositively retains the sound reproducing device thereof in engagement with a member oi resilient material to l prevent damage to the parts during transportion ot `said talking machine or phonograph.

lily invention resides in the article, combination and character hereinafter described and claimed.

For an illustration of one ot the forms my article or combination may take, reference is to he had to the accompanying drawings in which t Figure l is a perspective view of a talking machine or phonograph having associated therewith a receptacle constructed in accor-df ance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, partly in elevation, of the device ot Fig. 1 but with the easing cover in closed position.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, partly in elevation, taken at right angles to the shovving of Fig. 2.

features of construction of the Fig. l is a perspective view of a comhined sound box and used needle receptacle.

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the receptacle of Fig. 4.

lln accordance With my invention, there is provided. a receptacle or member which receives or supports-a sound vice or instrumentality and which may comprise a. chamber or passage for used or worn talking machine or phonograph needles. illustrated herein, said receptacle or member is associated with a talking machine or phonograph of the portable type, although my invention is not to be limited to such portable mechanism.

is illustrative of one form of a portable talking machine or phonograph with which a receptacle or member constructed in accordance with my invention may thus be as sociated,

having .a cover B pivoted or hinged thereto. frs is usual in the art, said receptacle-lille hase A. contains a'motive device, not shown, together with suitable horn Structure, not shown, @ver-lying the latter is a transverse member or motor board C supported in the example shown, by the y hanged section in which the side Wall structure of the base A., terminates., l

Ars shown in Fig. l, a turntable D overlies the motor hoard C which carries suitable structure E supporting a tone arm or taper tube lli tor oscillatory movement The latter may terminate in the usual goose neck G which is pivoted therto and which, at its otherwise tree end, carries a sound reproducing device or instrumentality, as a sound box lll of any desired type which comprises a diaphragm, not shown, adapted to be actuated hy a needle arm or stylus bar l to which a needle or stylus J may be detachably secured by a clamping screw K, or equivalent. The tone arm or taper tube E", at its end adjacent its supporting structure E, discharges sound Waves into the aforesaid horn structure reproducing del there is shown a receptaclelihe base Y bv which said sound Waves are amplified and from Which they emerge through an opening in the aforesaid motor board C to the rear oi" the turntable D.

The aforesaid cover B may have pivoted' lll@ I thereto a receptacle L receiving a plurality of SeV tember 1, 1928.

talking machine or phonograph ofthe character hereinafter described is portable, particularly in the sense that a plurality of records may be disposed or stored Within the receptacle L and the cover B moved to and temporarily retained in closed position. To the end last named, there may be utilized v suitable mechanism which is herein shown as comprising a member l) carried by the front wall of the base A and having pivoted thereto a latch Q c'oactable with a lug or member R carried by the cover B. "llhus, with the cover B in closed position, the free end of the latch Q may belswung upwardly from the position illustrated in Fig. l to thereby engage the luv R to temporarily lock said cover B in said closed position.

Whenthus transporting the talking machine or phonograph from place to place, it is desirable that the .aforesaid tone' arm l" and sound box l-l be restrained from movement interiorly of the closed casing; should this not be done, damage may result to some of the parts and particularly to the delicate ound reproducing mechanism of the sound ln accordance with my invention, the aforesaid receptacle or member for receiving or supporting the sound reproducing device H to thereby prevent undesired movement thereof may be and preferably is carried by the motor board C. lf so, said motor board- C may have or comprise a shallow, circular pocket or well formed by a member C1 depressed below the motor board level and forming with said motor board a circular ring or flange C2. lin said pocket or well, the aforesaid receptacle or member 1 is disposed, preferably in such mannerv as to be readily or easily disengaged therefrom.

The receptacle or member 1, preferably, is circular in configuration and the lowermost end thereof, Figs. 2 and 3, comprises a circular bead or rim 2 by'which the'lower trans- -verse section 3 of said receptacle 1 is spaced from the member C1. rl`he lower portion of receptacle 1, preferably, is of smaller diameter thanthe upper portion thereof and itis this lower portion which is snugly received in the aforesaid pocket or well formed by member C1. As just stated, the upper portion of member 1 is of larger diameter than Ais the lower portion thereof and the surface connecting said portions forms a circular deaeeaeaa f of compartment 4 may resemble that of a halfcirclc or a slightly larger ortion of a circle. aid compartment l is ounded, in part by a substantially vertical wall 6, Figs. 3 and 4, and spaced therefrom is a tapered rib or projection 7 having a surfaceS substantially parallel with the aforesaid wall 6. @ne ortion of the peripheral edge of the sound 0X H lits within the space defined by the wall 6 and surface 8; `the distance therebetween, therefore, should correspond ysubstantially with the thickness of said peripheral'edge of the sound box H.

The compartment or 'passage 5 is adapted as a container for used or worn needles after disengagement thereof from the stylus bar l. As illustrated particularly in Figs. 3 Vand 5, said used or Worn needles are passed into the compartment 5 through an opening 9 in a transverse .wall lforming the top or upper f boundary of'said compartment 5, the iirst'nee dles thus deposited usually passing through the open lower end of compartment and coming to rest upon the member C1, some of said needles, perhaps, finding their way beneath the transverse section, 3 of the member 1. lf desired, the upper surface of wall 10 may be flared as well indicated in Fig. d to facilitate the passage of worn or used needles Iinto the opening 9.

When desired, the member or receptacle 1 may readily be disengaged or removed from the well or compartment formed by the member C1. dien thus disengaged, all of the used needles will be found upon said member C1 from which they may easily be removed.

The receptacle or member 1 usually is formed from resilient material, `as cork or, and preferably,'rubber of medium hardness. When constructed of such material, said receptacle or member 1, due to the action of said resilient material, is snugly retained Within the pocket or well formed by the member C1. Furthermore, when the sound box H is disposed within the compartment d oflil@ lll

thereb increase the pressure with which said sound oxV H engages the wall structure of the member v1. Since the latter, ordinarily, is constructed of resilient matter, as described above, the sound box H and tone arm F are temporarily retained in a fixed position within the closed casing and, therefore, the latter 'may be carried from place to place as desired Without fear of damaging any ot the parts.

li' desired, a metallic ring 11 may circumscribe or enclose part of the Wall structure ot the member l. This ring 11, to some extent, reinforces or supports said member or receptacle l although, usually, its purpose is little more than an ornamental one.

As herein illustrated, the member` or receptacle l. is an integral unit preferably molded from rubber. However, fromA some as pects of my invention, said member or receptacle l need not be integrally termed. '.lhus, under some circumstances, a resilient support for the sound box may be utilized in lieu oit a compartment for a part thereof and, it desired, the sound box support or receptacle may be separately formed and separately positioned from the container for the used or Worn needles.

W hat l claim is:

l. ln combination, a talking machine turntable, aswinging member, a sound reproducing device carried bv said swinging member, and a member of resilient material forming a chamber in which a portion of said sound reproducing device is received when it `is swung to one side of said turntable.

2. ln combination, a talking machine turn-l table, a movable member, a sound reproducingr device carried by said movable member, and a member of resilient" material forming a chamber in which a part ot said sound re reducing device is housed when it is moved rom la position above said turntable.

'3. ln combination, a casing, talking ma-` chine mechanism in said casing, a transverse member overlying said mechanism, a turntable overlying said transverse member, a movable member, a sound reproducing device carried by said movable member, and a cup member of resilient material carried by said transverse member and housing a part of said sound reproducing device when it is moved from a position above said turntable.

l. lin combination, a casing, talkingmachine mechanism in said casing, a transverse member overlyingf said mechanism and having a pocket, a turntable overlying said transverse member. a movable member., a sound reproducing device carried by said movable member, and a cup member of resilient material received by the pocket of said transverse member and housing a part of said sound re producing device when it is moved from a position above said turntable.

5. ln combination, a casing, a pivoted cov er therefor, talking machine mechanism in said casing, a transverse member overlying said mechanism, a turntable overlying said transverse member, a swinging member, a sound reproducing device carried by said swinging member, and a member of resilient material carried by said transverse member and forming a chamber in which a part of said sound reproducingl device is housed when it is swung to one side of said turntable, said cover, when in casing-closing position, increasing the pressure With which said sound reproducing device engages said member of resilient materal.

6. in combination, a casing', a pivvotcd cover therefor, talking machine mechanism in said casing, a transverse member overlying said mechanism, a turntable overlyingv said transverse member, a movable member, a sound reproducing device carried by said movable member, a member oit resilient material forming a chamber in which a part of said sound reproducing device is received when it is moved from a position above said turntable, said cover, `when in casing-closing position, increasing the pressure with which said sound reproducing device engages said member of resilient material, and latch mechanism Yfor retaining said cover in said casing-closing position.

7. ln combination, a talking' machine turntable, a movable member, a sound reproducing device carried by said movable member and having a sound reproducing needle readily disengageable therefrom when Worn by Contact with a turntable-supported talking machine record, and a member forming a receiving-passage for Worn needles and a housing for a part of said sound reproducingdevice When it is moved from a position above said turntable.

8. ln combination` a talking machine turn table, a movable member, a. sound reproducing device carried by said movable member and having a sound reproducing needle readily disengageable therefrom when Worn by contact, with a turntable-supported talking;f machine record, and amember ot resilient material forming a receiving-passage for worn needles and a chamber receiving a part of said sound reproducing; device Awhen it is moved 'from a'position above said turntable.

9. ln combination, acasing, talking' machine mechanism in said casing, a transverse member overlying .said mechanism. a turntable overlyingr said transverse member. a movable member, a sound reproducing device carried by said movable memberand having: a sound reproducing needle readily disengaaeable therefrom when Worn by contact with a tmutable-supported talking machine record. and a member of resilient material carried by said transverse member and forming a receiving-passage for worn needles. said member .of resilient material forming a receptacle in which a part of said sound reproducing device is received when it is moved from a position above said turntable.

l0. In combination, a casing, a pivoted cover therefor,a talking machine mechanism in said casing, a transversemember overlyingy said mechanism, a turntable overlying said transverse member, a movable member, a sound reproducing device carried by said movable member and having a sound reproducing needle readily disengageablel therefrom when worn by contact with a turntablesupported talkiirgmachine record, and a member of resilient material carried by said transverse member and forming a receivingpassage forworn needles, said member of resilient material forming a receptacle in Which a part oi said sound reproducing device is received when it is moved from a position above said turntable, said cover., when in casing-closing position, increasing the pressure with which said sound reproducing device engages said member of resilient ma'- terial.

11. The combination with a member of a talking machine, of a receptacle carried by said member and comprising a plurality of compartments, one of said compartments receiving a part of the sound reproducing device of said talking machine, another of, said compartments forming a receiving-passage for Worn needles after disengagement thereof from said sound reproducing device.

12. The combination with a member of a talking machine, of a receptacle carried by said member and readily disengageable therefrom, saidreceptacle comprising a plurality of compartments, one o said compartments receiving a part of the sound reproducing device of said talking machine, another of said compartments forming a recciving-passage for Worn needles 'after disengagement thereof from said sound reproducing device.

13. The combination with a memberof a talking machine, of a receptacle of resilient .material carried by said member and comprising a plurality ot compartments, one of said compartments receiving a part of the sound reproducing device of said talking machine, another of said compartmentsv .formmg a rece1vmg-passage for Worn needles after `disengagement thereof from said sound reproducing device.

14. The combination with a member of a talking machine, of a molded receptacle of rubber having medium hardness carried by said member and comprising a plurality of compartments, one of said compartments receiving a part of the sound reproducing device of said talking machine, another of said compartments forming`a receiving-passage for Worn needles after disengagement thereof from said sound reproducing device.

15. The combination With the motor board of a talking machine, of a receptacle of rereaaeae silient material carried by said motor board, said receptacle comprising a plurality of compartments, one of said compartments receiving a part of the sound reproducing device of said talking machine, another of said compartments forming a receiving-passage for Worn needles after disengagement from said sound reproducing device.

16. rll`he combination with the motor board of a talking machine, of a receptacle of resilient material carried by said motor board and readily detachable therefrom, said receptacle comprising a plurality of compartments, one of said compartments receiving a part of the sound reproducing device of said talking'machine, another of said compartments forming a receiving-passage for Worn needles after disengagement from said sound reproducing device. i

17. The combination With the motor board of a talking machine, of a receptacle of resilient material carried by said motor board, said receptacle comprising a plurality of compartments, one of said compartments being open at its top and receiving a part of the sound reproducin device of said talking machine, another o said compartments being open at its bottom and forming a receivingpassage for Worn needles after disengagement from said sound reproducing device.

18. ln combination, a casing, a pivoted cover therefor, phonograph mechanism in said casing, a transverse member overlymg said mechanism, a turntable overly-ing said transverse member, a sound reproducing de vice carried by said movable member, a resilient receptacle supported by said transverse member and adapted to accommodate said reproducing device in non-operative positlon, said receptacle being so relatively disposedI with respect Ato the Walls of said casing that when said reproducing device rests in said receptacle and said cover is moved toward closed position, the said receptacle and. reproducing device are positively urged into closer contact.

19. As an article of manufacture, a combined phonograph-reproducer support and used needle container of resilient material.

20. As an article of manufacture, a cupshape element of resilient material, said element having a plurality of compartments, one of said compartments being adapted to support a phonograph pick-up device and the other of said compartments being adapted to receive phonograph needles. y 21. In combination, a vertically disposed pivot member, a'- supporting arm mounted thereon and adapted to swing in a horizontal plane, a sound reproducing device pivotally carried by said arm for swinging movement in the plane of said pivot member, a receptacle adapted to partially receive said reproducing deviceand means whereby said devlce when partially received by said receptacle,

is subjected to pressure tending to urge it in the plane of said pivot member further into said receptacle.

22. In a phonograph, a sound reproducing device, a casing, a resilient receptacle supported within said casing and adapted to accommodate said device, and a ivoted cover for said casing, said receptacle eing so relatively disposed withl respect to the Walls of said casing that, when said reproducing device rests in said receptacle', and the cover is moved toward closed position, the receptacle and reproducing device are positively urged into closercontact. v

23. In a phonograph, the combination of a motor board, a vertically-disposed pivot member carried by said motor board, a supporting arm mounted thereony and adapted to swing in a horizontal plane, a sound reproducing device pivotally carried by said arm for movement in the planel of said pivot member, a receptacle of resilient material adapted to partly receive said reproducing device therein, and means whereby said device, Iwhen partlly received by said receptacle, is subjected to y pressure tending Ato urge. it in the plane f said pivot member further into ysaid receptacle.

24..In combination," a vertically disposed pivot member a supporting arm mounted thereon and adapted to swing in a horizontal plane, a sound reproducing device pivotally carried by said arm for swinging movement g shaped element of resilient material, and a recess adapted to detachably receive said element formed in said phono raph, said cupshaped element having a p urality of ,com-` partments, one of said compartments being zo sound reproducing device in non-playing position, the other of said compartments being closed by the co-operation of said element ,with the bottom surface of said recess when4 seated therein, to provide a receptacle for used phonograph needles.

In testimony whereof I have signed this L specification this 20th day of February, 1929.

Y ALFRED WEILAND.

when accommodated by said receptacle, lis t subjected to pressure tending to urge it 1n the plane of said pivot member into a closer contact with said receptacle. Y

25. In a phonograph the combination of a verticallyl disposed pivot member, a supporting arm-mounted thereon and adapted to swing in a horizontal plane, a sound reproducing device pivotally carried by said arm for swinging movement in the plane of said pivot member, a receptacle of resilient material adapted to partially receive said reproducing device therein, and means whereby f said device when partially received'by said receptacle, is subjected to pressure tending to urge it in the plane of said pivot member further into said receptacle.

26. In combination, a honograph, arecess formed therein, a cup-s ape element of resilient material adapted to be detachably held in said recess, said cup-shape element havinga plurality of compartments, one of said compartments being adapted to receive a sound reproducing device in non-playing position, the other of said compartments being closed by the seating of said element insaid recess to pr avide a receptacle for used phonograph needles.

27,A In combination, a phonograph, a cupllao 

